If you’re looking for something fun to do with the kids, how about making some of these Christmas Salt Dough Decorations. It is a fun yet simple enough activity for the kids to take part in, and the decorations make fab personalised gifts for your loved ones (whether they like it or not!)

Salt Dough Ingredients: 

• 1 x Cup of Salt
• 2 x Cups of Plain Flour
• ¾ to 1 x Cup of Water

Materials:

• Mixing bowl
• Spoon
• Rolling pin
• Greaseproof paper
• Baking tray
• Straw (or something else you can use to make a small hole for the ribbon to go through)
• Cookie cutters
• Paint
• Paintbrushes
• Glitter
• Ribbon

Instructions:

1. Preheat your oven to 150°C and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper
2. Measure out your ingredients
3. Add the flour and salt in a mixing bowl and stir
4. Add the water to the mixture a little bit at a time until you are happy you have a doughy consistency. If you add too much water, just add a little more flour to your mixture
5. Knead your dough until it is smooth
6. Sprinkle a little bit of flour on your surface and then roll out your dough
7. Press your cookie cutters into your rolled out dough
8. Make a hole in each shape using a straw so you can put ribbon through them
9. Place the shapes on your lined baking tray
10. Bake until the shapes are completely solid. The time it takes to bake is dependent on their size and thickness. Check regularly to make sure they aren’t burning, and turn over halfway through
11. Once baked, allow the shapes to cool completely
12. Then you can decorate each shape (I painted mine and sprinkled glitter all over them, while the paint was still wet)
13. Leave your little creations to dry and then thread ribbon through them

There you go, handmade Christmas Salt Dough Decorations to hang on your tree or gift to your loved ones.

Check out these Christmas Paper Plates for another festively themed activity to try with the kids.

Thanks for reading,

Sam